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[Gaborn]

(Reuters) - When it comes to male fertility, it turns out that size does matter.

The dimension in question is not penis or testicle size, but a measurement known as anogenital distance, or AGD.

Men whose AGD is shorter than the median length -- around 2 inches (52 mm) -- have seven times the chance of being sub-fertile as those with a longer AGD, according to a study published on Friday in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives.

That distance, measured from the anus to the underside of the scrotum, is linked to male fertility, including semen volume and sperm count, the study found. The shorter the AGD, the more likely a man was to have a low sperm count.

This offers the prospect of a relatively simple screening test for men, said study co-author Shanna Swan of the University of Rochester Medical Center.

"It's non-invasive and anybody can do it, and it's not sensitive to the kinds of things that sperm count is sensitive to, like stress or whether you have a cold or whether it's hot out," Swan said in a telephone interview.

"If somebody's got a short AGD, particularly if they have problems conceiving, I would say get to the infertility doctor, because the chances are good that something is wrong."

To reach their conclusions, researchers measured the AGDs of 126 men born in or after 1988, a small but statistically significant sample, Swan said.

The study did not address what might cause certain men to have short AGD measurements.

But previous studies, published in 2005 and 2008, looked at the possible link between mothers who were exposed to chemicals called phthalates during pregnancy and the AGD of their infant and toddler sons.

Phthalates are a group of chemicals widely used in industrial and personal care products, including fragrances, shampoos, soaps, plastics, paints and some pesticides.

In these earlier studies, the scientists tested for the presence of phthalates in the pregnant women's urine. They found that women who had high levels of phthalates in their urine during pregnancy gave birth to sons who were 10 times more likely to have shorter than expected AGDs.

Swan, who also co-authored the earlier papers, said they showed the correlation between prenatal phthalate exposure and shorter AGD.

The latest study does not address prenatal phthalate exposure directly, "but it does answer the question of why we should care about AGD," Swan said. "And it does suggest that whatever is altering AGD is also altering sperm count."

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[wenis]

My sperm managed to beat a condom and the morning after pill...Is mine the length of the grand canyon?

 

[Bananakin]

T'aint nothin

 

[TacticalFox88]

This is relative to my interests

 

[FleckSplat]

Fissure maled.

 

[TL4E]

3 inches, just measured. I've always had quite the sperm reserve.

 

[VitaminApple]

Dunno about you guys, but my AGD is 8 1/2" long.

 

[Tapiozona]

My sperm managed to beat a condom and the morning after pill...Is mine the length of the grand canyon?

Uhh, you may want to step back and read what you just wrote as an unbiased observer. It may not have been your sperm, bro.

 

[Solo]

My AGD is 12 inches.














AROUND.

 

[wenis]

Uhh, you may want to step back and read what you just wrote as an unbiased observer. It may not have been your sperm, bro.

In retrospect she was a huge whore, tis why we are no longer together.

Why would a girl use the morning after pill unless you didn't use a condom? Did it break?

It did break.

 

[Joey Fox]

Why would a girl use the morning after pill unless you didn't use a condom? Did it break?

 

[SpeedingUptoStop]

Pretty sure when I started horse back riding, they had to genetically engineer a new animal big enough for me to ride.

 

[SneakyStephan]

Uhh, you may want to step back and read what you just wrote as an unbiased observer. It may not have been your sperm, bro.

Hahaha, I knew there would be something good in here when I clicked this thread.

 

[Dreams-Visions]

Uhh, you may want to step back and read what you just wrote as an unbiased observer. It may not have been your sperm, bro.

daaaaaaaaaaamn!

 

[vatstep]

True source of the article:

 

[Pterion]

LOL

 

[From The Dust]

True source of the article:

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title's appropriate at least

 

[Vincent Alexander]

I smell a Neogaf competition.... -Runs to find measuring tape-

 

[Derwind]

True source of the article:

Bahaha, awesome!! XD

 

[Trurl]

Dunno about you guys, but my AGD is 8 1/2" long.

I want pics.

 

[Region-FreeWii]

its not the size of the AGD that counts, but how you use it!

 

[seat]

True source of the article:

 

[Captain Pants]

I got a five inch taint.

 

[Garcia]

3 inches, just measured. I've always had quite the sperm reserve.

PICS!!

Spoiler

PM would be good

. LOL

 

[andthebeatgoeson]

Uhh, you may want to step back and read what you just wrote as an unbiased observer. It may not have been your sperm, bro.

Came out with a lil blue mail bag and some short shorts. Mailman has been delivering.

 

[skyfinch]

Damn, I guess I shouldn't have gotten that taint reduction surgery last year.

 

[CrocMother]

2 inches seems rather small?!

What exactly do they mean underside of scrotum? Where the sack begins?

 

[computers putin']

" um, hey baby. y'know, no lies gurl, my anogenital distance gotta be at least 4 inches, and I ain't just telling you this cuz you beautiful, baby guuuurrrrllllll. "

 

[Enron]

T'aint nothin

/thread

 

[Clydefrog]

yeah how the hell am i supposed to measure this? i'm no contortionist

 

[Zeke]

2 inches seems rather small?!

What exactly do they mean underside of scrotum? Where the sack begins?

no fears I'm sure someone will throw together a how to guide in ms paint

 

[shinobi602]

>__>

<___<

*grabs measuring tape*

 

[-COOLIO-]

my AGD, is bigger than a bridge

your AGD, is like a little kids

 

[Tristam]

2 inches seems rather small?!

What exactly do they mean underside of scrotum? Where the sack begins?

Presumably. The article implicitly excludes considerations of testicle 'length' (which can vary significantly in a single subject anyway).

 

[To Far Away Times]

T'aint nothin

Hahaha.

 

[Dead Man]

As ever, men will confuse the are to start measuring from, hoping to convince themselves it's longer.

 

[Sub_Level]

Just measured mine, pretty sure it's just slightly below the median.

Less worries for me! </spin>

 

[Stinkles]

T'aint nothin

Kudos.

 

[Gaborn]

As ever, men will confuse the are to start measuring from, hoping to convince themselves it's longer.

Of course, because they all want to compare themselves to a horse.

 

[Trurl]

What if it's little more than half an inch long? <_<

 

[Bread]

My gooch is so huge, my semen is gonna be fine, just fine.

 

[kehs]

Two inches? Fuck I better get a double vasectomy.

 

[exarkun]

I've been told I have a nice grundle. Its just awkward when they lick it.

Didn't last all that long so maybe its kind of small?